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Silence sings
“The dead soldier’s silence sings our national anthem.” — Aaron Kilbourn Today, on Memorial Day, I hope you will join me in listening. This post was first published seven years ago on May 25, which was Memorial Day that year. The date was adjusted for this re-posting so that it would appear on Memorial Day weekend. …
The suffering
Your silent tents of green We deck with fragrant flowers; Yours has the suffering been, The memory shall be ours. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow For Earl Glenn Cobeil, his family, and all whose suffering and sacrifice we remember today. One year ago on Memorial Day: Their courage This post was first published seven years ago …
Silence sings
“The dead soldier’s silence sings our national anthem.” — Aaron Kilbourn Today, on Memorial Day, I hope you will join me in listening.
The suffering
Your silent tents of green We deck with fragrant flowers; Yours has the suffering been, The memory shall be ours. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow For Earl Glenn Cobeil, his family, and all whose suffering and sacrifice we remember today. One year ago on Memorial Day: Their courage
Defeat Despair 